The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm is a book (ISBN 039304016X) written by Sebastian Junger and published by Little Brown and Company in 1997. The paperback edition (ISBN 0060977477) followed in 1999 from HarperCollins' Perennial imprint. It is about the storm that hit North America in October 1991, and features the crew of the fishing boat Andrea Gail, based out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, who were lost 500 miles at sea during the severe conditions.

The Perfect Storm is also a movie adapted from this book. It was directed by Wolfgang Petersen, released in 2000, and features George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, and Karen Allen.

The Perfect Storm was made up of Hurricane Grace and 2 low pressure systems. The storm was said to have had 40 foot waves but when the Storm collided with Canada the storm was only reported to have had 28 foot waves.